April 17-18, 2019 the members of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences took part in the scientific conference with international participation “Studying the History of Africa: Problems, People, Sources. On the 90th anniversary of the First African Research Programme”, organized by the Center for African Studies of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Within the framework of the conference presentations were made by Dr. Nadezhda E. Khokholkova (“Digitalization of African Studies: Challenges and Prospects") and Dr. Sc.(Hist), prof. Vladimir G. Shubin (“South Africa: On Written and Oral Historical Sources”).